Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 19:36:31 -0500
From: Daniel S Goodman
Subject: ?Hung with a new rope (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 13:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Sworsky Felicia
To: stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU
Subject: ?Hung with a new rope
Local idiom presents almost as many frustrations as quotations,
in my opinion, and this expression has me and my colleague
at wit's end: You'd complain if you were hung with a new rope.
We have checked innumerable dictionaries of slang and of
regional English without a hint of origin and / or meaning.
Anyone out there recognize this? All help is welcomed, as
usual, and thanks a bushel and a peck (bananas, grapes,
whatever . . .) in advance! Felicia
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Felicia G. Sworsky, Alliance Library System (IL) Reference Services
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